Pakistan v South Africa, 1st ODI, Lahore
October 18, 2007
South Africa 294 for 5 (de Villiers 103*, Gibbs 102) beat Pakistan 249 (Yousuf 53, Afridi 47, Ntini 4-69) by 45 runs
South Africa continued the impressive form that won them the Test series and went up 1-0 in the one-dayers by beating Pakistan by 45 runs in Lahore. Twin centuries from Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers helped them amass a challenging total on a flat pitch, before Makhaya Ntini's four-wicket burst shut out Pakistan's chances of making a fight of the chase.
Needing a brisk start to have realistic hopes of overhauling South Africa's 294, Pakistan's batsmen succumbed to the pace and bounce of a rejuvenated Ntini, who had looked out of sorts until the final day of the second Test. Coming wide of the crease and cramping the batsmen for room, Ntini slowed down Pakistan's progress after their openers came out firing.
Imran Nazir, who had earlier driven Shaun Pollock through the covers, edged a lifter for four over the slips off Ntini before elegantly driving one off the back foot for another boundary. However, he then smashed a full delivery straight into the hands of Justin Kemp at short extra-cover to give South Africa their first breakthrough.
Several Pakistan batsmen got off to starts but failed to build and make a big score. Younis Khan and Mohammad Hafeez lost their wickets to poor strokes and when Shoaib Malik's leading edge was taken at cover, Pakistan were struggling at 55 for 4.
Mohammad Yousuf and Misbah-ul-Haq stabilised the innings temporarily but Misbah's top edge and Yousuf's uppish drive to short midwicket, after a battling 53, left Shahid Afridi and co with 153 to get off the last 15 overs. Afridi signalled his intent by pulling his second ball for six and soon the boundaries began to flow. He drove powerfully down the ground, flicked deftly over short fine leg, blasted fours through point and all of a sudden Pakistan were in with an outside chance.
Afridi and Shoail Tanvir, however, were left with too much to do and their dismissals - Tanvir bowled as he moved too far across his stumps, and Afridi caught at long-on - as the asking-rate approached ten an over, ended Pakistan's challenge. South Africa's 294 was too much to get after the poor start that Pakistan had.
South Africa's innings, however, had a superb start with Graeme Smith and Gibbs adding 85 for the first wicket, but it was the partnership between Gibbs and de Villiers - 137 for the 3rd wicket - that built the platform.
de Villiers came to the crease after two wickets had fallen in quick time. Smith was run out and Jacques Kallis, Pakistan's tormentor-in chief in the Tests, was caught and bowled by Afridi. The situation demanded patience for Afridi was bowling a tight line and boundaries were difficult to come by.
Both batsmen relied on singles and twos and kept the scoreboard ticking. Gibbs, who had impressed with his front-foot drives against the fast bowlers, cut Afridi past point and then swept him to midwicket to break the shackles. He soon moved back into destructive mode and drove Umar Gul past mid-off for four after the ball was changed in the 35th over. After reached his 18th ODI century, Gibbs slipped while turning for a second run and was found short of his crease as Kamran Akmal effected his second run out of the match.
Gibbs' departure brought about a change in tempo from de Villiers. Having been content with singles and occasional boundary earlier, he moved into overdrive. As the bowlers strove for extra pace and bowled the yorkers consistently at the death, de Villiers capitalised on the slightest of errors and dispatched Gul and Tanvir over long-on for sixes while a few streaky edges and drives brought him more boundaries.
As he drove Rao Iftkhar past point for his ninth four to bring up his century, de Villiers had set South Africa a firm foundation from where the bowlers took charge and enabled the visitors to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series.
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Thursday, October 18, 2007
South Africa beat Pakistan by 45 runs in the first ODI in Lahore
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
India Vs Australia 7th ODI Video Highlights Future Cup 2007
India Vs Australia 7th ODI video highlights- India won by two wickets.
Video : Pitch Report
Short Highlights of Australian Innings
First 5 Wickets
Last 5 Wickets
Short Highlights of Indian Innings
Murali Kartik's All 6 Wickets
India won by two wickets Over Australia in the last ODI of seven match Future Cup, 2007
India v Australia, 7th ODI, Mumbai
Indian tailenders steal unlikely victory.
India 195 for 8 (Uthappa 47) beat Australia 193 (Ponting 57, Kartik 6-27) by 2 wickets
An undefeated 52-run stand for the ninth wicket between Zaheer Khan and Murali Kartik helped India sneak to an unlikely two-wicket win in Mumbai. Australia still sealed the series 4-2, but the result meant India had at least reduced the margin of defeat, something that looked almost impossible when India had slumped to 64 for 6. It was also India's first ODI victory chasing against Australia since April 1998.
25 overs India 94 for 6 (Uthappa 30*, Harbhajan 8*) need 100 runs to beat Australia 193 (Ponting 57, Kartik 6-27)
If the afternoon had been about left-arm spin, it was all Australian pace under lights. In conditions where the bat didn't dominate as it had in previous games, India were swiftly plunged into disarray, and facing the prospect of a 5-1 series defeat. Australia's new-ball attack - Brett Lee and Mitchell Johnson - swung the ball at high speeds approaching 150 kmph and began India's slide to 94 for 6 at the half-way stage.
Even though the target of 194 wasn't an imposing one, it was imperative that India got a solid start. They didn't, with Johnson inducing diffident edges from both Sourav Ganguly and Dinesh Karthik. Sachin Tendulkar, probably playing his final game at the Wankhede, sparkled briefly, with two glorious cuts for four off Johnson, but the moment he played on against Lee, the writing was clearly legible on the wall.
Lee bowled at fearsome pace but, if anything, India's plight only worsened with the introduction of Nathan Bracken's medium pace. Showing superb control of swing and seam, Bracken had Yuvraj Singh edging behind before slanting one away from Mahendra Singh Dhoni to get the same result.
When Pathan edged to slip off James Hopes - there was no weak link for the Indians to exploit anywhere - thoughts of victory receded into the distance and the cheers as Uthappa spanked two huge sixes rang as India's only claims to batting greatness. At one stage, with the scoreboard showing 64 for 6, even three figures looked unlikely, but Uthappa found an ally in Harbhajan Singh as the relentless Australian march to victory was slowed down.
50 overs Australia 193 (Ponting 57, Kartik 6-27) v India
The last time Murali Kartik played an international game in Mumbai, he was instrumental in India defending a paltry target of 107 in a dead-rubber, dismissing Ricky Ponting and Damien Martyn in the same over. The man who captained India to that improbable win, Rahul Dravid, may have been missing today but Kartik was again to the fore as India fought to stave off the embarrassment of a 5-1 series defeat. Ponting was a thorn in their side, with an accomplished half-century, but Kartik's stunning six-wicket haul induced an almighty wobble that ended in Australia being bowled out for 193 in 41.3 overs.
Kartik was on a hat-trick twice and the key moments undoubtedly came in the passage of play when Brad Hodge and Andrew Symonds were dismissed off successive deliveries. Symonds, the outstanding player of the series, came to the crease accompanied by a chorus of boos, and many more jeers and whistles followed him back after he cut a delivery to Sachin Tendulkar at short cover. The previous ball had seen Hodge's Indian nightmare continue, with Kartik angling one across to take the edge to slip.
It was respite that India needed after they had squandered the perfect start. Michael Clarke was plumb first ball, but though Zaheer Khan did little wrong, RP Singh started woefully at the other end, conceding four wides in his opening over.
Adam Gilchrist struggled as the ball moved around, but Ponting was ruthless on the slightest bowling transgressions, driving, flicking off the pads and cutting with precision. India's plight worsened when Zaheer was denied a second wicket as Gilchrist, on 2, edged one toward the slips. Robin Uthappa got his fingertips to it, but couldn't wrap them around the ball.
After a sedate start by his standards, Gilchrist appeared to be finding some touch with two fours in Irfan Pathan's opening over but when he subsequently slashed at one, Harbhajan Singh took a running catch at third man.
With pace not doing the trick, and Sourav Ganguly's mixed bag not helping, Mahendra Singh Dhoni turned to his spinners. And once again, it was the forgotten man of Indian cricket that highlighted his credentials.
The otherwise wayward RP Singh also played his part with the crucial wicket of Ponting, coming round the wicket to induce an edge. Ponting had made 57 and was assured in conditions where the bat was nowhere near as dominant as it had been in earlier games.
If Kartik's first double-whammy put India in charge, the second killed off Australian hopes of a large total. Brad Haddin, dropped moments earlier by Zaheer at deep midwicket, was trapped in front by the arm ball before Brad Hogg and Brett Lee fell to the fourth and fifth balls of the over. Hogg was dubiously given out, caught at forward short leg, while Lee edged one to RP Singh at short gully.
By the time he ended a 22-run cameo from James Hopes, Kartik had the best figures by an Indian against Australia. Only a late burst from Mitchell Johnson pushed Australia closer to 200 but, with this likely to be Sachin Tendulkar's final match at the Wankhede, the Indians were undoubtedly hoping that it would be nowhere near enough. Against Australia, even a consolation win is something.
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Full Scorecard:
| Australia in India ODI Series [India won by 2 wickets] | ||
| India Vs Australia,Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai,17 OCT 2007 | ||
| Australia won the toss and elected to bat | ||
| Australia Batting (50 overs max) |
| SN | Name | Status | R | B | M | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | MJ Clarke | lbw.Khan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | AC Gilchrist | c.Harbhajan Singh b.Pathan | 19 | 26 | 51 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | RT Ponting | c.Dhoni b.Singh | 57 | 78 | 129 | 9 | 0 |
| 4 | BJ Hodge | c.Karthik b.Kartik | 16 | 29 | 50 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | A Symonds | c.Tendulkar b.Kartik | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | BJ Haddin | lbw.Kartik | 19 | 38 | 48 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | JR Hopes | b.Kartik | 22 | 23 | 46 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | GB Hogg | c.Uthappa b.Kartik | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | B Lee | c.Singh b.Kartik | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MG Johnson | notout | 24 | 31 | 42 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | NW Bracken | c.Harbhajan Singh b.Singh | 3 | 18 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (lb 3, b 4,nb 0, w 26 ) | 33 | |||||
| Total | ( All out , 41.3 overs, 203 mins) | 193 (R.R 4.65) | |||||
| FoW | 1-0(MJ Clarke, 0.1 ov), 2-60(AC Gilchrist, 9.2 ov), 3-117(BJ Hodge, 19.5 ov), 4-117(A Symonds, 19.6 ov), 5-129(RT Ponting, 26.1 ov), 6-162(BJ Haddin, 31.1 ov), 7-162(GB Hogg, 31.4 ov), 8-162(B Lee, 31.5 ov), 9-177(JR Hopes, 35.5 ov), 10-193(NW Bracken, 41.3 ov) | ||||||
| India Bowling |
| SN | Name | O | M | R | W | Wb | Nb |
| 1 | Z Khan | 9.0 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2 | RP Singh | 8.3 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | IK Pathan | 5.0 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | SC Ganguly | 2.0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | Harbhajan Singh | 7.0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | M Kartik | 10.0 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| India Batting (50 overs max) |
| SN | Name | Status | R | B | M | 4s | 6s |
| 1 | SC Ganguly | c.Gilchrist b.Johnson | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | SR Tendulkar | b.Lee | 21 | 36 | 52 | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | KD Karthik | c.Gilchrist b.Johnson | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Yuvraj Singh | c.Gilchrist b.Bracken | 15 | 26 | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | RV Uthappa | lbw.Clarke | 47 | 59 | 100 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | MS Dhoni | c.Gilchrist b.Bracken | 5 | 11 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | IK Pathan | c.Clarke b.Hopes | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Harbhajan Singh | c.Ponting b.Johnson | 19 | 49 | 73 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Z Khan | notout | 31 | 43 | 66 | 3 | 1 |
| 10 | M Kartik * | notout | 21 | 34 | 48 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | RP Singh | dnb | |||||
| Extras | (lb 12, b 4,nb 0, w 20 ) | 36 | |||||
| Total | ( 8 wicket(s), 46.0 overs, 220 mins) | 195 (R.R 4.24) | |||||
| FoW | 1-3(SC Ganguly, 1.4 ov), 2-8(KD Karthik, 3.4 ov), 3-38(SR Tendulkar, 10.2 ov), 4-49(Yuvraj Singh, 13.5 ov), 5-63(MS Dhoni, 17.5 ov), 6-64(IK Pathan, 18.5 ov), 7-129(RV Uthappa, 31.3 ov), 8-143(Harbhajan Singh,35.4 ov) | ||||||
| Australia Bowling |
| SN | Name | O | M | R | W | Wb | Nb |
| 1 | B Lee | 10.0 | 1 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | MG Johnson * | 10.0 | 0 | 46 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 3 | NW Bracken | 10.0 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | JR Hopes | 5.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | GB Hogg | 8.0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MJ Clarke | 3.0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Series Australia won the 7-match series 4-2
Player of the match M Kartik (India)
Player of the series A Symonds (Australia)
Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and AM Saheba
TV umpire GA Pratapkumar
Match referee BC Broad (England)
Reserve umpire CR Mohite
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
India Vs Australia future cup 5th ODI, Vadodara
The biggest match of 7 match series India Vs Australia, match scheduled to begin at 09:00 local time (03:30 GMT)- Oct 11, 2007.
If Australia win the match they will win the series. On the other hand India should have to win the game to stay alive on the series. So, In Indian perspective the match is much more important.
Australia Won the match by nine(9) wickets.
South Africa took the control of Bank Alfalah 2nd test after day3, video highlights
South Africa are on top of the gear of Bank Alfalah cup 2nd test on day three against Pakistan. SA's total lead now 305 runs with 8(eight) wickets in hand. Smith on unbeaten 75*, Kallis on unbeaten 37* by an unbeaten 88-run partnership between Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis and two day's paly to go.
Earlier Pakistan continued their poor batting performance by loosing wickets at regular interval and lastly fold up to 206 in their first innings. Inzamam in his last could not use his name as required.
In Pakistan 2nd innings day 3 the scorecard was:
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Inzamam-ul-Haq c wicketkeeperBoucher b Kallis 14
Misbah-ul-Haq c wicketkeeperBoucher b Ntini 41
Shoaib Malik c Amla b Steyn 1
Abdur Rehman not out 25
Umar Gul lbw b Ntini 0
Danish Kaneria c wicketkeeperBoucher b Ntini 0
Mohammad Asif c Amla b Harris 4
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Inzamam in His Last Test
Inzamam Ul Haq former Pakistan Cricket Captain , who is playing his last test in Lahore against South Africa.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Pakistan Vs South Africa 2nd Bank Alfalah Cup Test, day one
Pakistan's bowlers did their jobs so well that they end 1st day of 2nd Bank Alfalah test against South Africa riding on top.
After winning the toss Smith of SA elected to bat first and at the end of day they scored 259/6. SA lost wickets at regular intervals but managed to string together a few partnerships before bad light saw play called off seven overs before the scheduled close.
Most of the SA's batsman got runs but could not make it longer because of consistent bowling from Pakistan's bowlers. Jacques Kallis looked set for another big score when he went past 50 for the third consecutive time in the series. Driving the ball elegantly on either side of the wicket, Kallis once again frustrated the Pakistan attack with solid defence and accurate placement. He hit a huge six in Abdur Rehman's first over but was undone by a Kaneria googly as he shaped to play the ball towards midwicket and was trapped leg before.
After de Villiers fell, play was called off due to bad light. A much better performance by the Pakistan bowlers and also the fielders has South Africa now into their tail with Nel in at number 8. A crucial 1st hour awaits South Africa tomorrow morning. Pakistan will want to further the advantage on day two while South Africa will hope Boucher and the tail can take them past the 300-run mark on a pitch getting slower and better for batting.
Full scorecard:
| South Africa in Pakistan Test Series - 2nd Test Pakistan v South Africa | 2007/08 season |
Played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on 8,9,10,11,12 October 2007 (5-day match) |
| South Africa 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| HH Gibbs | c Misbah-ul-Haq b Umar Gul | 13 | 36 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 43.33 | ||
| GC Smith | b Danish Kaneria | 46 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 51.11 | |||
| HM Amla | b Mohammad Asif | 10 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 32.25 | |||
| JH Kallis | lbw b Danish Kaneria | 59 | 115 | 8 | 1 | 51.30 | |||
| AG Prince | b Abdur Rehman | 63 | 132 | 5 | 0 | 47.72 | |||
| AB de Villiers | run out (Mohammad Asif) | 45 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 54.21 | |||
| MV Boucher | not out | 9 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 37.50 | |||
| A Nel | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
| Extras | (w 2, nb 7, pen 5) | 14 | |||||||
| Total | (6 wickets; 83 overs) | 259 | (3.12 runs per over) | ||||||
| To bat PL Harris,DW Steyn,M Ntini |
| Fall of wickets1-24 (Gibbs, 7.2 ov), 2-47 (Amla, 16.1 ov), 3-100 (Smith, 33.6 ov), 4-160 (Kallis, 53.1 ov), 5-243 (Prince, 75.2 ov), 6-259 (de Villiers, 82.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
| Mohammad Asif | 23 | 5 | 55 | 1 | 2.39 | ||
| Umar Gul | 18 | 1 | 78 | 1 | 4.33 | (6nb, 2w) | |
| Danish Kaneria | 27 | 4 | 73 | 2 | 2.70 | ||
| Abdur Rehman | 10 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 2.80 | ||
| Shoaib Malik | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | (1nb) |
| Pakistan team | |||||
Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first Player of the match--to be added-- UmpiresSJA Taufel (Australia) Close of play |
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India won 4th ODI Against Australia After Hard Work
When MS Dhoni won the toss of 4th ODI against Australia at Chandigarh in India then Dhoni's face was shining to won the match and decided bat first to prove that. And that was the result India won by eight(8) runs after real hard contest against Australia.
India were come back in the game largely by their spinners, Kartik and Harbhajan Singh, balled with maintaining superb line and length as well as got some important wickets of Hayden, Clarke and Hodge. They built the pressure on Hodge by denying him singles which kept Symonds away from the strike. Irfan Pathan was also difficult to get away and RP Singh's return after a miserable start was superb.
Earlier India started their batting quite sensibly not to loosing any wickets early. Though the runs did not came flourishingly but it was the base to go as close as 300 runs. Ganguly finished with 41 and Tendulkar made 79 who was initially looking out of place as the fast men swung the ball at will. He just could not lay bat on ball - Lee was especially threatening - but despite two close lbw shouts and a possible inside edge that was turned down by the umpire, Tendulkar did not give up. And in later Dhoni and Robin Uthappa came home with a bang. Finally they scored 291/4 to through a challenge for Australia.
To chase the target of 291 Australia started with swing of bat to make good use of power play and the did it well enough to chase it and gave Australia a terrific start as they raced to 106 for 1 from 15 overs. Hayden and Symonds both clinched their third consecutive fifty with good knocks. Hayden had built a solid base with 92 at a run a ball but the pressure began to mount when he departed. But Symonds was handling it quite sensibly. When Symonds bowled out by a dream delivery of RP Sing then the game was tougher for Asutralia. Before that Ponting was stumped by a full in length delivery of Pathan, slanting away from Ponting who leans forward to drive. The bat comes outside the line and the ball threads the bat and pad gap. Dhoni gathers and whips the bails off in flash. The line belongs to the umpire and he was out. Ponting stood there for a long time, unhappy at the verdict even as he walked up the stairs to reach the dressing room. It was a decision made by the third umpire.
Thats way India alive in seven match series by trailing 2-1 in four. MS Dhoni was judged as man of the match for his quick, important 50* from just 35 balls. The fifth game at Vadodara on Thursday.
| Australia in India ODI Series - 4th ODI India v Australia | 2007/08 season |
Played at Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, on 8 October 2007 (50-over match) Result India won by 8 runs |
| India innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| SC Ganguly | c Gilchrist b Hopes | 41 | 95 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 69.49 | ||
| SR Tendulkar | run out (Lee) | 79 | 184 | 119 | 7 | 0 | 66.38 | ||
| Yuvraj Singh | c Ponting b Hopes | 39 | 61 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 70.90 | ||
| MS Dhoni | not out | 50 | 59 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 142.85 | ||
| R Dravid | b Bracken | 13 | 15 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 92.85 | ||
| RV Uthappa | not out | 30 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 166.66 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 7, w 31) | 39 | |||||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 50 overs; 219 mins) | 291 | (5.82 runs per over) | ||||||
| Fall of wickets1-91 (Ganguly, 19.6 ov), 2-174 (Yuvraj Singh, 35.6 ov), 3-221 (Tendulkar, 41.5 ov), 4-244 (Dravid, 45.5 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
| B Lee | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 3.71 | (3w) | |
| NW Bracken | 10 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 7.80 | (4w) | |
| MG Johnson | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 6.37 | (3w) | |
| JR Hopes | 9 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.77 | (1w) | |
| A Symonds | 7 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 5.57 | (3w) | |
| GB Hogg | 9 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5.11 | (2w) |
| Australia innings (target: 292 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| AC Gilchrist | c Khan b Singh | 18 | 25 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 105.88 | ||
| ML Hayden | c Khan b Kartik | 92 | 156 | 92 | 11 | 2 | 100.00 | ||
| RT Ponting | st Dhoni b Pathan | 29 | 62 | 33 | 5 | 0 | 87.87 | ||
| MJ Clarke | c & b Harbhajan Singh | 6 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| A Symonds | b Singh | 75 | 103 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 89.28 | ||
| BJ Hodge | st Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh | 17 | 36 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 58.62 | ||
| JR Hopes | not out | 23 | 30 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 115.00 | ||
| GB Hogg | run out (Singh) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| B Lee | not out | 5 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 55.55 | ||
| Extras | (lb 5, w 13) | 18 | |||||||
| Total | (7 wickets; 50 overs; 227 mins) | 283 | (5.66 runs per over) | ||||||
| Fall of wickets1-37 (Gilchrist, 5.1 ov), 2-122 (Ponting, 18.2 ov), 3-132 (Clarke, 21.4 ov), 4-190 (Hayden, 33.5 ov), 5-246 (Hodge, 43.2 ov), 6-268 (Symonds, 46.5 ov), 7-268 (Hogg, 46.6 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | ||
| Z Khan | 9 | 0 | 68 | 0 | 7.55 | (2w) | |
| RP Singh | 10 | 1 | 66 | 2 | 6.60 | (9w) | |
| IK Pathan | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4.60 | (1w) | |
| SC Ganguly | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.00 | ||
| Harbhajan Singh | 10 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 4.30 | (1w) | |
| M Kartik | 10 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 4.80 |
Toss India, who chose to bat first Player of the matchMS Dhoni (India) UmpiresSA Bucknor (West Indies) and SL Shastri |